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Matt, this is the sauce! It's everywhere. Just as the Fiat Library is a proxy for real value, our society has trained us to chase proxies for knowledge (diplomas), power (votes), competence (follower counts) and so on. We've been taught to value paper.

I've been writing about this from the perspective of how individuals get trapped in this "proxy economy". The ultimate plot twist is that the only true anti-fragile asset isn't just Bitcoin; it's the sovereign mind that refuses proxies and builds from first principles.

This is a powerful read. 

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Matt, this is the sauce! It's everywhere. Just as the Fiat Library is a proxy for real value, our society has trained us to chase proxies for knowledge (diplomas), power (votes), competence (follower counts) and so on. We've been taught to value paper.

I've been writing about this from the perspective of how individuals get trapped in this "proxy economy". The ultimate plot twist is that the only true anti-fragile asset isn't just Bitcoin; it's the sovereign mind that refuses proxies and builds from first principles.

This is a powerful read. 

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